Have you ever wondered why people read a good book, then they come out with a movie, and it kinda sucks? Like for an example, an epic poem called Beowulf translated by Burton Raffel is a story about a protagonist named Beowulf that saves the land of the Danes from demons then becomes the king, then he fights to the death with a ferocious dragon.

There are many similarities and differences between the battle of Grendel’s Mother and the death of Beowulf in the epic poem and the movie. After Beowulf killed Grendel, he went to look for his mother. When he battle with Grendel’s mother, there were some similarities from the movie and in the epic poem. Beowulf found and fought in the mountains, in a dark, muggy cave. Also it was very hard to kill Grendel’s mother. In the movie and the book, Unferth gave Beowulf a gift to fight Grendel’s mother. But unfortunately, the sword didn’t work on her.

Even though there were some similarities, there were some differences from the epic poem and movie. In the poem, Grendel’s mother dies from Beowulf chopping of her head, but in the movie she had a conversation with Beowulf to make a deal to make him king. In the movie, Beowulf doesn’t kill Grendel’s mother. Also in the movie, Beowulf didn’t come back with the horn. In the book, it was a cup, and he brought it back to the kingdom. The only reason she having conservation with Beowulf is that she try to control his dreams and make him attracted toward her and control him.

At the end of the story, the setting when Beowulf dies from his injuries from the battle from the ferocious dragon and he was on the ground dying saying his last words to Wiglaf. But, there are some major similarities and differences in the poem and the movie. In comparison in the poem and the movie, when Beowulf was battling with the dragon, he did get injured which cost his life. When Beowulf was dying, Wiglaf, a young kingsman and a retainer of Beowulf, was with him and listen to Beowulf last words.

When Beowulf dies, he put Wiglaf in charge of the Kingdom of the Danes. Wiglaf ordered Beowulf to be cremated and shipped to the ocean. While Beowulf was getting cremated, he was cremated with treasure from the dragon’s cave. Even though there few similarities, there’s a many major differences in the movie and the poem. In the poem, Beowulf gets injured from the dragon in battle. In contrast from the poem to the movie, Beowulf get injured but himself by almost cutting off his arm, not from the dragon.

While Beowulf was dying, he had a few words/request for Wiglaf. In the poem, Beowulf asked Wiglaf to give some of the treasure to the people of the Danes and have a monument of himself on top of a highest cliff, whereas in the movie, Beowulf didn’t request anything. Beowulf was confessing all the lies he told his people in the kingdom. Also, in the poem, Beowulf kills Grendel’s mother, but in the movie, he didn’t so Grendel’s mother grieved for Beowulf death but she’s start to try to seduced the new king, Wiglaf.

The similarities and differences from the epic poem and the movies had a wide variety of examples. In my opinion, I like the poem from the book, not the movie. In the poem, Beowulf kills Grendel’s mother and he dies from injury from the dragon. The the movie, Beowulf doesn’t kill Grendel’s mother and he still dies from injury inn the battle. In the movie, it ended with a cliff-hanger when Grendel’s mother was trying to seduced Wiglaf. Both the poem and the movie had the same concept in the story, but the differences in both changed the endings.

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